Dental Anatomy: Tooth Development
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Which hard tissue of the tooth forms last?

  • Enamel
  • Dentin
  • Pulp
  • Cementum (correct)
  • What is the term when teeth are joined together as one

  • coalescence (correct)
  • seperation
  • dentogenesis
  • enamel
  • What do developmental gores or lines separate?

  • separate the developmental lobes of teeth (correct)
  • indicate the surfaced of the teeth
  • indicate the numbers of tooth
  • indicate the anatomy of teeth
  • Which teeth erupt first, the deciduous first molars or the canines?

    <p>deciduous first molars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Girls' teeth erupt earlier than boys' teeth

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Maxillary teeth erupt before their mandibular counterparts

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Teeth in both jaws do not erupt in pairs

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The eruption sequence varies little from person to person

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which teeth are the most likely to be congenitally missing

    <p>third molars</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Permanent teeth continue to calcify until age 21 to 25

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Small localized growths of bone on the buccal cortical plate are known as

    <p>exostoses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are fordyce granules

    <p>misplaced sebaceous glands</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the location of the fovea palatinae

    <p>in the anterior palate over the incisive foramen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The space between the left and right palatine tonsils is known as

    <p>uvula</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If denture flange are overextended, which of the following muscles may cause displacement of the mandibular denture

    <p>mylohyoid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When the tongue comes forward which of the following may inhibit its movement

    <p>lingual frenum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following structures is often the cause of a diastema

    <p>maxillary labial frenum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Rugae are located on which landmark in the oral cavity?

    <p>hard palate</p> Signup and view all the answers

    which term is commonly called tongue tied and refers to a short lingual frenum limiting tongue movement

    <p>ankyloglossia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    the oral cavity is divided into which two parts

    <p>oral cavity proper and vestibule</p> Signup and view all the answers

    what line separates the enamel from the cementum if the tooth?

    <p>cementoenamel junction</p> Signup and view all the answers

    which tooth tissue composes the bulk of the tooth

    <p>dentin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    what is the main nourishment system of the tooth?

    <p>pulp</p> Signup and view all the answers

    how many surfaces are on a posterior tooth

    <p>5</p> Signup and view all the answers

    a developmental elevated projection on the lingual surface of a newly erupted incisor is a

    <p>cingulum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    the developmental elevated rounded mound of the crown that forms a major division of the occlusal surface is a

    <p>cusp</p> Signup and view all the answers

    what is the function of the molars

    <p>crushing and chewing food</p> Signup and view all the answers

    which tooth tissue is the softest

    <p>pulp</p> Signup and view all the answers

    which is seen in the mouth first the clinical or anatomic crown

    <p>clinical</p> Signup and view all the answers

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